Carbon Sequestration Technology and the Climate Crisis: Could Corporations “Takeback” Their Emissions
A Note analyzing carbon takeback regulatory and legislative obligations in the US.
Public Engagement and Carbon Dioxide Removal
This paper reviews policy-level public engagement to facilitate a just energy transition, determine suitable CDR pathways, and identify CDR locations and activities with public support.
Governance Challenges for Domestic Cross-Border Carbon Capture and Storage
This comment reviews governance of domestic cross-border carbon capture and storage faces great challenges, which varies across political systems, economic structures and socio-cultural backgrounds.
SB 48: Alaska Carbon Offset Program
Act authorizing the Department of Natural Resources to lease land for carbon management purposes and establishing a carbon offset program for state land
Enhance Responsible Governance to Match the Scale and Pace of Marine–Climate Interventions
This comment reviews governance readiness to address risks and ensure responsible transformation and effective action for marine-climate interventions.
Capturing Change: A Proposal for Texas to Assume Long-Term Liability for Carbon Storage Facilities
This comment discusses existing incentives to operators of CCS facilities in Texas, and address how the incentives are insufficient and can be revised
Seaweed Cultivation and Sinking for Carbon Dioxide Removal in Alaska
This paper reviews the legal framework around cultivating and sinking seaweed in Alaska for CDR purposes
Do We Need a New Law to Govern Carbon Capture and Storage in Federal Pore Space?
This invited response proposes a new legal framework for CCS storage in federal pore spaces
SB 267: West Virginia Legislation on Pore Spaces
The law, which becomes effective July 8, opens up more pore space in West Virginia to potential carbon storage.
The Legal Framework for Enhanced Rock Weathering in Minnesota
This paper focuses on the legal regulation of terrestrial enhanced rock weathering in Minnesota.